Sacred Heart wins TWO baseball championshipsIn 1989, gas prices were a lot less expensive, Johnny Carson was still hosting The Tonight Show, Bette Midler had the number one hit “Wind beneath my Wings” , and Sacred Heart won a CYO baseball ch...

Cyclone Watch: Clones off to a strong startThe Latest: The Cyclones raced out the gate to start the season, taking two of three against the Staten Island Yankees and sweeping the Aberdeen Ironbirds. At 7-4, the Cyclones sit in first place i...

Heroes Basketball Update: July 1Monstarz attacks too much for Four Ones 61-40 In the 17 and under boys division of the Heroes Hoops league, the Monstarz beat Four Ones by a final score of 61 to 40 on Monday. The high scorers for ...

Brooklyn Cyclones kick off 10th season on SaturdayHow does the time go by so fast? It’s hard to believe that 10 years have gone by since baseball returns to Brooklyn, but it’s true: this Saturday evening the Brooklyn Cyclones will kick off their 1...

POWERADE Peak Performer
Danilo Amaro: Average JoesThis week’s POWERADE Peak Performer is Danilo Amaro. Danilo’s ballhandling skills were on display last week as he helped Average Joes defeat St. Stan’s-Greenpoint. WIth Danilo on the team, we can o...

St. John’s wins Big East ChampionshipIt was a big week for St. John’s, as the Red Storm won their sixth Big East tournament championship with a 3-0 win over UConn on May 30th. The Red Storm (43-20), advanced to the NCAA tournament, wh...

Weekly Heroes Basketball Update: June 2-3June 2 Powerade attack too much for St Stans- Greenpoint 50-48 It was a close game in the 17 & under boys division of the Heroes hoops last week. On Wednesday , Greenpoint beat Powerade by a final ...

New York Sharks play 100th gameThe New York Sharks set a new record on May 22 in Brooklyn, playing in their 100th game: the most in women’s pro football history. The Sharks celebrated by dismantling the Baltimore Nighthawks 38-6...

Heroes Basketball: Week 2May 17 Grace Pizza takes down Plaster Party 46-18 John Marino and Michael Morgan were getting to the glass and grabbing rebounds on Monday at Crowley 2 as Grace Pizza beat the Plaster Party 46-18. ...

Heroes Basketball Scores: May 19Sweet Dreamz 31, Gemelli Jewlers 21 In the Heroes League last Wednesday,Boys Division 14& under, Sweet Dreamz said sweet dreams to Gemelli Jewelers by a score of 31 to 21 at the end of the game. Th...

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Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd appeared in a New Zealand court Monday to deny charges of drinking alcohol in defiance of strict home detention conditions. The 61-year-old was arrested last month at his mansion in Tauranga, in New Zealand's North Island, and charged with possessing and consuming alcohol. Rudd is under an alcohol ban as one of the conditions of an eight-month sentence of home detention after being convicted of threatening to kill an employee.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will likely lose Monday's Senate showdown over halting federal aid to Planned Parenthood. Yet the political offensive by abortion foes has just started, prompted by a batch of unsettling videos that has focused attention on the group's little-noticed practice of providing fetal tissue to researchers.